Health Sciences Archives

Dec 20, 2017
  • ECU News Services

A holiday concert with a purpose

The Aphasia group at ECU’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic sings Christmas carols to spread holiday cheer and to help them get their voices back. People with aphasia have difficulty or...

Dec 20, 2017
  • ECU News Services

A holiday concert with a purpose

The Aphasia group at ECU’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic sings Christmas carols to spread holiday cheer and to help them get their voices back. People with aphasia have difficulty or...

Dec 13, 2017
  • ECU News Services

Laupus Library pampers dedicated scholars

It was a busy time for Laupus Library over the last week as every study room and quiet space was filled with studying students preparing for final exams. From Dec....

Dec 08, 2017
  • Spaine Stephens

A MISSION OF SERVICE

A champion for quality health care in the East and a face of university leadership and service has announced his retirement from the Brody School of Medicine at ECU. Dr....

Dr. Donna Roberson, left, discusses the contents of an AIDS brochure with Jessica Pelletier.
Dec 01, 2017
  • Natalie Sayewich

LEADER IN HIV CARE

An ECU College of Nursing faculty member will help to shape the research and treatment of HIV and AIDS worldwide over the next three years after being elected to the...

Nov 28, 2017
  • Jackie Drake

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Health care professionals from across eastern North Carolina discussed both challenges and opportunities in rural health at a new conference Nov. 16-17. Held at Eastern Area Health Education Center, the...

Nov 09, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

HEALTH LITERACY

Nine children from seasonal or migrant farmworker families have improved their health literacy skills through a collaborative project at East Carolina University. Dr. Joseph Lee, assistant professor of health education...

Nov 08, 2017
  • Natalie Sayewich

HURRICANE HERO

At East Carolina University, Dr. Michelle Skipper is a trusted faculty member, colleague and friend, but to many in the town of St. Pauls, she is a hero. In the...

Nov 06, 2017
  • Rich Klindworth

FIGHTING LUNG CANCER

Pam Black of Greenville, North Carolina, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2014 and told she had six to eight weeks to live. After coming to East Carolina...

Dr. Gregory Chadwick, dean of the ECU School of Dental Medicine, is congratulated after accepting the James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 03, 2017
  • Spaine Stephens

PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Dr. Gregory Chadwick, dean of East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, was awarded the 2017 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service on Friday, Nov....